Rush Limbaugh has posted a statement on his website this afternoon, forwarded by his brother David (one of my friends on line), apologizing for calling Sandra Fluke an insulting name while discussing her claims. It’s impossible to retain the context of his apology by excerpting it, so I hope Rush will not mind me posting it in its entirety:

For over 20 years, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week. In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke.

I think it is absolutely absurd that during these very serious political times, we are discussing personal sexual recreational activities before members of Congress. I personally do not agree that American citizens should pay for these social activities. What happened to personal responsibility and accountability? Where do we draw the line? If this is accepted as the norm, what will follow? Will we be debating if taxpayers should pay for new sneakers for all students that are interested in running to keep fit?In my monologue, I posited that it is not our business whatsoever to know what is going on in anyone’s bedroom nor do I think it is a topic that should reach a Presidential level.

My choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir. I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word choices.

I think Rush did the right thing in apologizing to Fluke. However, let’s keep in mind that it was Fluke who made her sexual activity a matter of national political debate by insisting that the government pass laws and regulations forcing employers and insurers to provide her free contraception, and apparently as much as she and others demand. It’s Republicans who believe that contraception should remain a private affair, and that employers and insurers should be free to decide whether to cover contraception for their employees and customers or not. Democrats used Fluke to demand that those choices be stripped from private enterprises and instead be forced by the executive branch to entirely subsidize contraception.

That is the argument we should be making, as Republicans and conservatives. If you want your sexual choices to remain private, don’t use the government to force other people to subsidize them. Then we won’t have to turn the sex lives of Georgetown law school students into topics for political speculation.

Update: Along those same lines, does Donna Brazile also now oppose the government mandate to force employers and insurers to have a role in the decision to use contraception? She tweeted this message not too long ago (via Keder):

Agree! The government should have no role in contraception, and shouldn’t force employers or insurers to have a role in it, either. Keep it between the woman, her sexual partner, and her doctor. Well said.

Oh, wait, Brazile meant this in support of the mandate? She seems just as badly misinformed on the issue as her media colleagues … or as deliberately obtuse.

He did it because he was losing his cigar money. He could have framed the argument differently and instead of attacking one woman he should have trained his attacks on Obama who is using this to divide us as Christians and Americans and that Obama is destroying freedom, liberty and America. People need to get that in to their systems. Rush can either bow down to his sponsors or stand up for America and what’s right. He chose the former.

I don’t know . . . maybe he DID double down. . . by calling her that in the first place. Rush is smart. And he has called it what it is. If nothing else, it opens the door to the morality issue in a blatant way. Yeah he lost his sponsors, but does he care? Rush does not need to do anything he doesn’t want to do, including being a radio host.

>>>Very well said. Rush shot himself in the foot, but shot his core listening audiance in the head. The life boat was leaking water, and Rush threw us overboard, I wonder what Mark Levin has to say about this? Defending Rush, and then getting shafted, too. Limbaugh dosen't need me anymore.

I'm sure Pelosi and the crew would welcome you with hugs and kisses. Dang, talk about being a fake! Go 'fluke' yourself.

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posted on 03/04/2012 5:50:41 PM PST
by redshawk
(0pansy is a Liar)

thanks for the links..I’ve already set this into motion with all the people I know to call,notify,etc. that we’ll dump their products because Rush Limbaugh is right on with his point..that no one is responsible for this woman or anyone elses use of birth control nor should ,I or anyone else have to pay for their contraceptives. Rush Limbaugh has explained himself enough for what his point was! I listen to Rush and I am grateful he’s there!So this is my way to show him my support ..hopefully others will too.

Well, let’s think this through. By apologizing for describing an individual perfectly willing to describe needing $3K a year for contraception (and that is quite a lot of pills considering they are generic and monthly)in graphic terms— he put front and center a distinction from someone who would normally get pills from any number of free public sources. This person wants the public to be mandated to pay for her personal choices... and calling her what she must be if she needs that much for birth control pills (and one must assume mandated abortion on demand coverage)points out to the public paying attention the complete idiocy of the position.

This person was NOT allowed to take part in a congressional hearing and was then trotted out by democrats to a “media event” hearing for Pelosi et al. And we then find out she is an “activist”... that is to say a bought dog for the democrat agenda.

This issue has as much impact on an indignant public, as mandating viagra or cialis for men, paid for by the public for them.

And now, Rush, by apologizing has maintained the pressure. He can make up his advertisers... it’s an opportunity that will taken up by others... much more than pro flowers or a mattress store chain. He sells more tea in one day than the ad revenues from these.

And now.. can we get back to something more important than a 3rd year law student’s sex life and her oh so personal needs? Like, $10 a gallon gasoline?

The armed forces that obama is drawing down... to come back to the 21% unemployment in the US?

This doesn’t have the legs vs. the utter screwups in energy, the middle east and a host of other incompetently managed issues by our so called president.

Sorry to say... this won’t last another day. There will be new sponsors... and if it does persist, the obamacare issues will be front and center... the MANDATE to have coverage so that they can MANDATE contraception (and abortion) for people like this. The press will turn on HER... mark it.. because she is a fraud and this is a distraction. Events will overtake this... people have had enough of obama... free birth control for illegals on national healthcare .. oh yeah THAT will get major support.
The media are idiots.

For the $2,676 left AFTER buying birth control pills, she ( random law student) can buy 233 boxes of condoms (the 40 count boxes) - for a total of 9320 condoms over a three year stint at law school... or 3,106 condoms per year. Or about 8 1/2 condoms PER DAY.

The question is: what do we call a female law student who uses - on average - 60 condoms a week?

Bill Maher of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher referred to Sarah Palin as a 'twat' - to the laughter of his liberal (oh so sensitive) audience... We can't use that word - because it's NOT funny when a liberal is called a name. Only when a conservative women is called names is it funny.

I wonder what Maher and the other sensitive liberals would call Sarah Palin if she or her daughters were using 60 condoms a week - every week - week in - week out - for three years.

I agree Their aint no reason to apologize, if this woman is haveing that much unweded sex to merit a 3000 dollar bill she is a slut in my book end of story.

Apparently this woman never heard of the concept abstance and as a result she actually has the audacity to insist that WE pay not only for her careless sex but for the killing that takes place so that she can avoid the Natural function of that sex.

Ms. Fluke is a truly discussing woman, much worse than a common slut. It is not her who deserves an abolish but sluts everywhere who deserve an apologize for scum like her being grouped among them.

Rush should NOT black down, nobody should back down. This woman is at the very least an irresponsible parasite that not only forces her unborn children to bare the consequence of HER choice but actually expects the rest of us to do so as well! Could she get more reprehensible?

Sorry for the late reply, I was on a production thingy’. No, haven’t been to SoHo but I have been to Petit Ermitage which supposedly from the same guys who are involved in SoHo. I was at Red O many months ago and remembered they had a killer wine list. Pinot Noir Summerland, I believe was what I/we ordered. Heck, Melrose is just 5 minutes away from me :)

If you know of any good seafood cuisine in the Hollywood area, I’d like to know about it.

I thought you live here and work here too, like the rest of us ostracized right-wingers in a super blue city? ;) And if you do land at Petit, head to the rooftop. The view is killer. (Killer meaning the pool always has a lot of gorgeous women around it so do your best to appear single)

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